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The Best Television Series From This Century
Culture

The Best Television Series From This Century

by: Chris BrightPosted on: May 25, 2023May 25, 2023

In the vast landscape of television, certain shows rise above the rest, leaving an indelible […]

Fast X: Slow & Boring As Hell
Culture

Fast X: Slow & Boring As Hell

by: Chris BrightPosted on: May 24, 2023May 24, 2023

The Fast & Furious franchise has captivated audiences for nearly two decades with its high-octane […]

Best Film & TV of 2021
Culture

Best Film & TV of 2021

by: Chris BrightPosted on: December 30, 2021December 30, 2021

Best Film & TV of 2021 Best Films Dune Power of the Dog Don’t Look […]

Best Film & TV of 2020
Culture

Best Film & TV of 2020

by: Chris BrightPosted on: December 30, 2021December 30, 2021

Best Films Palm Springs Soul Vast of the Night Sound of Metal Beastie Boys Story […]

Best Films of 2019
Culture , Film

Best Films of 2019

by: Chris BrightPosted on: January 3, 2020January 3, 2020

Having not yet seen Bong Joon-Ho’s critically-acclaimed Parasite yet, I already feel like this list […]

Best Films of 2018
Film

Best Films of 2018

by: Chris BrightPosted on: January 8, 2019January 8, 2019

Writing this list I realised that being a new dad has really curbed my allocated […]

Tag
Film

Tag

by: Chris BrightPosted on: June 17, 2018October 15, 2018

Rating: 3/5 Hollywood has successfully made films based on childhood toys like Lego, so why […]

Avengers: Infinity War
Comics , Film

Avengers: Infinity War

by: Chris BrightPosted on: April 28, 2018October 15, 2018

5/5 It’s easy to shit on the common blockbuster these days, with the amount of […]

Best Films of 2017
Film

Best Films of 2017

by: Chris BrightPosted on: January 5, 2018January 5, 2018

As always, here are my favourite films from 2017. Seeing as I’ve only posted two […]

Paterson
Film

Paterson

by: Chris BrightPosted on: June 27, 2017

The title character here, played by Adam Driver, takes pride in the fact he shares […]

How Heavy This Hammer
Film

How Heavy This Hammer

by: Chris BrightPosted on: June 27, 2017June 27, 2017

Imagine Tony Soprano had no affiliation with the mob; instead of spending time amidst criminals […]

Best Films of 2016
Film

Best Films of 2016

by: Chris BrightPosted on: February 5, 2017February 5, 2017

2016 was a pretty shitty year: we lost a lot of talented people and a […]

Music: The Best of 2016
Music

Music: The Best of 2016

by: Chris BrightPosted on: January 21, 2017

Every year I usually put together my list of the best albums and tracks from […]

X-Men: Apocalypse
Comics , Film

X-Men: Apocalypse

by: Chris BrightPosted on: June 10, 2016June 10, 2016

Rating: 2/5 Bryan Singer’s first X-Men film, back in 2000, was among the first big […]

The Nice Guys
Film

The Nice Guys

by: Chris BrightPosted on: May 25, 2016May 25, 2016

Rating: 3/5 Shane Black loves a “buddy cop” film. After all, he’s kind of responsible […]

Top Films of 2015
Film

Top Films of 2015

by: Chris BrightPosted on: January 8, 2016January 8, 2016

Better late than never… here’s my annual list of the best films from the year […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Film

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

by: Chris BrightPosted on: December 16, 2015December 17, 2015

Rating: 4/5 Rest assured, this is a spoiler-free review. This is intended for the fans that […]

Black Mass
Film

Black Mass

by: Chris BrightPosted on: October 7, 2015October 7, 2015

Rating: 4/5 Black Mass is the true story of James “Whitey” Bulger, the infamous gangster […]

Ex Machina Review
Culture , Film

Ex Machina Review

by: Chris BrightPosted on: May 6, 2015May 6, 2015

Rating: 3/5 Alex Garland is the acclaimed author of The Beach, the same novel that […]

Avengers: Age of Ultron
Comics , Film

Avengers: Age of Ultron

by: Chris BrightPosted on: April 23, 2015

Rating: 4.5/5 The first Avengers film pulled off the impressive feat of bringing together Marvel’s […]

Chappie
Film

Chappie

by: Chris BrightPosted on: March 12, 2015

Rating: 3/5 In the lead-up to Chappie’s release, it was clear Neill Blomkamp’s third feature […]

Birdman
Film

Birdman

by: Chris BrightPosted on: January 16, 2015January 16, 2015

Rating: 5/5 Talk about saving the best for last. Birdman was the last of the […]

Top 10 Films of 2014
Film

Top 10 Films of 2014

by: Chris BrightPosted on: December 30, 2014December 30, 2014

It’s that time of year when critics reflect on all the time they’ve wasted watching […]

The Rolling Stones, Rod Laver Arena
Music

The Rolling Stones, Rod Laver Arena

by: Chris BrightPosted on: December 30, 2014

Wednesday, 05 November 2014 For anyone who thinks The Rolling Stones are over-rated I can […]

22 Jump Street Review
Film

22 Jump Street Review

by: Chris BrightPosted on: June 18, 2014June 19, 2014

Chris Miller and Phil Lord made this sequel bigger and better in every aspect but […]

Questions Remaining Unanswered After X-Men: Days of Future Past
Comics , Film

Questions Remaining Unanswered After X-Men: Days of Future Past

by: Chris BrightPosted on: June 3, 2014June 3, 2014

Let’s not beat around the bush… Bryan Singer’s latest instalment in the X-Men franchise is […]

The Trip to Italy
Film

The Trip to Italy

by: Chris BrightPosted on: May 28, 2014May 28, 2014

This film will make you want to travel, eat, learn, read and watch classic cinema… […]

Godzilla
Film

Godzilla

by: Chris BrightPosted on: May 16, 2014May 16, 2014

Rating: 1/5 There’s no denying this is a lot better than the 1998 version. It […]

The Double
Film

The Double

by: Chris BrightPosted on: May 14, 2014May 14, 2014

Rating: 2/5 This is the try-hard hipster of all films. It’s desperately trying to be […]

Everything You Need to Know About Sony’s Amazing Spider-Man Universe…
Comics , Film

Everything You Need to Know About Sony’s Amazing Spider-Man Universe…

by: Chris BrightPosted on: May 5, 2014May 5, 2014

The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro is an impressive popcorn blockbuster. The action is […]

The Wolf of Wall Street
Film

The Wolf of Wall Street

by: Chris BrightPosted on: January 22, 2014

Funny, intense, crazy, quick and smart as hell, thanks to a brilliant script based on […]

13 Best Films of 2013
Film

13 Best Films of 2013

by: Chris BrightPosted on: January 7, 2014January 7, 2014

I know I’m a little late with this, but it’s always good to look back […]

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Film

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

by: Chris BrightPosted on: November 20, 2013

If you ignore that essentially the idea of “The Hunger Games” is stolen from Kinji Fukasaku’s […]

Thor: The Dark World
Comics , Film

Thor: The Dark World

by: Chris BrightPosted on: November 6, 2013November 6, 2013

It was always the intention of the Thor series to be Marvel’s “fantasy epic” and […]

A Beginner’s Guide: Travelling to Japan for the First Time
Travel

A Beginner’s Guide: Travelling to Japan for the First Time

by: Chris BrightPosted on: October 22, 2013October 28, 2013

Firstly, congratulations on choosing Japan as your next holiday destination – you won’t regret it. […]

Thanks For Sharing
Film

Thanks For Sharing

by: Chris BrightPosted on: September 19, 2013November 6, 2013

Thanks For Sharing This is the debut from director Stuart Blumberg, who wrote The Kids […]

Kick-Ass 2
Comics , Film

Kick-Ass 2

by: Chris BrightPosted on: September 11, 2013September 11, 2013

I made the mistake of watching the original Kick-Ass the day before watching the sequel. […]

Interview with Thor
Comics , Culture

Interview with Thor

by: Chris BrightPosted on: August 27, 2013August 28, 2013

In November 2013, Thor: The Dark World will hit cinemas around the world, with Chris Hemsworth returning […]

Elysium
Film

Elysium

by: Chris BrightPosted on: August 19, 2013

“The thinking man’s blockbuster” is almost an oxymoron these days. There’s a few exceptions, like […]

Downloaded
Culture , Film , Music

Downloaded

by: Chris BrightPosted on: August 6, 2013

I remember when I first discovered Napster as a teenager. Being from a small town, […]

Weekly Round-Up #3
Culture

Weekly Round-Up #3

by: Chris BrightPosted on: July 26, 2013July 26, 2013

This is a weekly round-up of all the random stuff from around the web… Mad […]

News from Comic-Con 2013
Comics , Culture , Film

News from Comic-Con 2013

by: Chris BrightPosted on: July 22, 2013July 22, 2013

Comic-Con just came to an end for another year, with over 130,000 people gathering in […]

The Best Songs in Movies
Culture , Film , Music

The Best Songs in Movies

by: Chris BrightPosted on: July 17, 2013July 17, 2013

Good music to a film is kind of like tomato sauce on a meat pie… […]

Weekly Round-up #2
Culture

Weekly Round-up #2

by: Chris BrightPosted on: July 12, 2013August 14, 2013

Another week, another collection of random crap from the net. I’d laugh about the fact […]

Rolling Stones Mix Tape
Music

Rolling Stones Mix Tape

by: Chris BrightPosted on: July 11, 2013July 16, 2013

The Rolling Stones just rocked the shit out of Glastonbury Music Festival last week, and […]

This Is The End
Film

This Is The End

by: Chris BrightPosted on: July 9, 2013July 9, 2013

There’s one scene in This Is the End, where James Franco and Danny McBride arguing […]

Weekly Round-Up #1
Culture

Weekly Round-Up #1

by: Chris BrightPosted on: July 5, 2013August 14, 2013

This is a weekly collection of best bits from around the web… some of it […]

2013 MIFF Program
Culture , Film

2013 MIFF Program

by: Chris BrightPosted on: July 4, 2013July 5, 2013

  FILM FEATURE The MIFF program gets announced tomorrow morning – and having had a […]

Unknown Mortal Orchestra – II
Music

Unknown Mortal Orchestra – II

by: Chris BrightPosted on: July 3, 2013July 3, 2013

ALBUM REVIEW The more I listen to this album, the more I love it. At […]

Superman is Thor!
Comics , Film

Superman is Thor!

by: Chris BrightPosted on: July 2, 2013July 3, 2013

        FILM REVIEW Hopefully most people reading this have already seen Zack […]

Comics , Film

Iron Man 3

by: Chris BrightPosted on: April 30, 2013July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW Iron Man 3 is the first film of Marvel’s Phase 2, which carries […]

Olympus Has Fallen
Film

Olympus Has Fallen

by: Chris BrightPosted on: April 22, 2013July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW The best thing about this movie is that I can now confidently say […]

Django Unchained
Film

Django Unchained

by: Chris BrightPosted on: January 24, 2013July 10, 2013

As a self-taught director and general film lover, Quentin Tarantino has paid homage to various […]

Argo
Film

Argo

by: Chris BrightPosted on: October 25, 2012July 10, 2013

It’s nearly worth forgiving Ben Affleck’s work in front of the camera because of his […]

Cosmopolis
Film

Cosmopolis

by: Chris BrightPosted on: August 1, 2012July 10, 2013

The best thing about this film is that it is bound to disappoint a million […]

Friends With Kids
Film

Friends With Kids

by: Chris BrightPosted on: June 12, 2012July 10, 2013

As with Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s Thirteen, I was expecting Friends With Kids to be […]

Comics , Film

The Avengers

by: Chris BrightPosted on: April 25, 2012July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW Whether you like superhero movies or not, you have to appreciate what Marvel Studios have […]

The Raid
Film

The Raid

by: Chris BrightPosted on: March 26, 2012July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW If you only see one action film this year that’s not based on […]

The Hunger Games
Film

The Hunger Games

by: Chris BrightPosted on: March 22, 2012July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW With the Twilight series ending this year, Hollywood saw an opening to launch for a […]

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Film

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

by: Chris BrightPosted on: January 12, 2012July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW As with all sequels these days, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows brings more exotic […]

The Future
Film

The Future

by: Chris BrightPosted on: November 18, 2011July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW Miranda July understands what quirky is, perhaps better than any other director/actor working today. […]

Our Idiot Brother
Film

Our Idiot Brother

by: Chris BrightPosted on: November 3, 2011July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW Paul Rudd is a very loveable guy. But after his big break as the […]

Drive
Film

Drive

by: Chris BrightPosted on: October 31, 2011July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW I feel sorry for that woman who is trying to sue the promoters […]

The Hunter
Film

The Hunter

by: Chris BrightPosted on: October 21, 2011July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW Based on the acclaimed novel by Julia Leigh, The Hunter tells the story of Martin (Willem […]

Film

The Three Muskateers

by: Chris BrightPosted on: October 21, 2011July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW They could have just named this Pirates of the Caribbean: The Three Musketeers. […]

Film

Contagion

by: Chris BrightPosted on: October 20, 2011July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW You know when someone talks about head lice and you involuntarily start scratching? Contagion does […]

Film

TT3D: Closer to the Edge

by: Chris BrightPosted on: October 20, 2011July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW Forget about Real Steel, TT3D: Closer to the Edge is the best movie about man and […]

Film

The Cup

by: Chris BrightPosted on: October 17, 2011July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW You don’t have to know much about horse racing to enjoy The Cup. Sure, […]

Music

Katalyst – Deep Impressions

by: Chris BrightPosted on: October 8, 2011July 3, 2013

ALBUM REVIEW Part of Katalyst’s appeal is that he finds vocalists who are not only […]

Film

Crazy, Stupid, Love

by: Chris BrightPosted on: September 29, 2011July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW Before watching Crazy, Stupid, Love, you wouldn’t be wrong in thinking that you’d seen […]

Film

13 Assassins

by: Chris BrightPosted on: September 7, 2011July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW Much like honour and courage, the Japanese samurai epic is something that cannot […]

Comics , Film

The Green Lantern

by: Chris BrightPosted on: September 5, 2011July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW Just when you thought Hollywood was done investing in Ryan Reynold’s cocky routine or […]

Film

Hanna

by: Chris BrightPosted on: July 27, 2011July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW Hanna opens with the main character (Saoirse Ronan) shooting a deer with a bow […]

Film

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows: Part 2

by: Chris BrightPosted on: July 21, 2011July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW The final Harry Potter was not the epic spectacle I was hoping for but it […]

Film

The Tree of Life

by: Chris BrightPosted on: July 14, 2011July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW This is the most beautiful piece of shit I’ve ever seen. And apart […]

Music

Washed Out – Within and Without

by: Chris BrightPosted on: July 8, 2011July 3, 2013

ALBUM REVIEW The chill-wave scene became overcrowded quickly, but Atlanta’s Washed Out (alias of Ernest […]

Comics , Film

X-Men: First Class

by: Chris BrightPosted on: June 16, 2011July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW The original X-Men movie, with Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry, kicked off Hollywood’s comic book obsession and still […]

Music

Smoke Fairies – Through Low Light and Trees

by: Chris BrightPosted on: June 8, 2011July 3, 2013

ALBUM REVIEW The truth is that I write for something of an alternative music magazine, […]

Music

The Field

by: Chris BrightPosted on: May 7, 2011July 3, 2013

MUSIC FEATURE This is the first time The Field have travelled down-under, and I was […]

Music

Drapht

by: Chris BrightPosted on: April 8, 2011July 3, 2013

MUSIC FEATURE On the phone, Drapht seems to be in a bit of a daze. […]

Music

The Dodos – No Color

by: Chris BrightPosted on: March 8, 2011July 3, 2013

ALBUM REVIEW Even though The Dodos have maintained the same drum-heavy rhythm across four albums, […]

Music

Nick Batterham – Second Lovers

by: Chris BrightPosted on: February 8, 2011July 3, 2013

ALBUM REVIEW With a lengthy band resume up his sleeve, including Cordazine, Blindside and The […]

Comics , Film

Thor

by: Chris BrightPosted on: December 9, 2010July 3, 2013

FILM REVIEW   I’m a bit late with this one, and I know that three […]

Music

The Stillsons

by: Chris BrightPosted on: December 8, 2010July 3, 2013

MUSIC FEATURE For local country-roots band The Stillsons, the road has been long and bumpy […]

Music

Triple J’s Like A Version: Volume 6

by: Chris BrightPosted on: November 8, 2010July 3, 2013

ALBUM REVIEW The Like A Version series has become a pretty big deal. And why wouldn’t it? […]

Music

Ronnie Wood – I Feel Like Playing

by: Chris BrightPosted on: October 8, 2010July 3, 2013

ALBUM REVIEW Ronnie Wood has featured regularly in the media over the past decade. If […]

Music

Aloe Blacc – Good Things

by: Chris BrightPosted on: September 8, 2010July 3, 2013

ALBUM REVIEW With the recent release of John Legend and The Roots’ Wake Up, it seems […]

Music

John Legend – Wake Up!

by: Chris BrightPosted on: September 7, 2010July 3, 2013

MUSIC REVIEW During the hype of the Obama election, John Legend and hip-hop favourites, The […]

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